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Chapter 666

Chapter 0666

Nina

After Daphne's swift departure, I stood alone in the forest clearing, the whisper of leaves and distant birdcalls my only companions.

The realization that she knew more than she was letting on about the yellow-eyed wolf weighed heavily on me. Her help could be instrumental in figuring out whoever was stalking me and my friends, but she was tight-lipped and unwilling to offer her services. I walked back to my car, lost in thought, the gravel crunching under my feet as I replayed our conversation in my mind.

As I drove home, the quiet streets of Mountainview seemed distant and unimportant. My mind was elsewhere, tangled in whatever web had been formed by the yellow-eyed wolf.

And yet, when I pulled into the driveway and hopped out of the car, the sound of laughter reached my ears. Furrowing my brow, I circled around the side of the house and spotted my mother and Tyler in the pool, tossing a beach ball back and forth.

"Oh, look who it is," my mother called out, her eyes shaded by sunglasses. "Where'd you run off to this moming?" I shrugged. "Just needed a little 'me' time," I said vaguely.

"Understandable," my mother said, leaning on the edge of the pool. "Why don't you come in for a swim? It's supposed to be a scorcher today."

"Oh, I don't know-

said, pushing his lower lip out in that signature pout that I always found impossible to ignore." The water's

my mother scolded,

"Alright, alright," I said. "I

cool pool water. The sun had risen high into the sky by now, and my mom had been right; it was a

summer went on.

her hair fanned out around her like a halo. She looked so content, so at peace,

I can't remember the last time we did something

smiled, her eyes sparkling in the sunlight. "I used to take you and Tyler to the YMCA all the

remember. My mom, noticing, laughed. "You were

nodded slowly as I paddled circles around

I ask you

my mom replied. "What's

softly while Tyler splashed around in the background, doing somersaults under the water like a little

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